According to Newton's third law of motion, the correct statement is: "If a moving object hits another object, then the second object will push back."
Newton's third law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. This means that when one object exerts a force on a second object (like when a moving object collides with it), the second object exerts an equal force in the opposite direction back on the first object. This does not necessarily mean that the second object will start moving, nor does it imply that both objects will stop moving when they collide. The outcome depends on the masses and velocities of the objects involved in the collision.
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